The Government of Lagos State has announced
that it will begin evacuation of abandoned vehicles, disused vehicles and
tricycles littering the state.

The information was shared by the
state via its Facebook page on Tuesday, adding that a taskforce has already
been inaugurated, as the exercise is scheduled to kick off from July 1, 2017.

The message reads, “LASG
inaugurates committee to decongest traffic in central Lagos.“The Lagos State Government
through the Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Central Business
Districts has inaugurated a Committee to proffer ways of eliminating the
traffic congestion along the Apongbon-Marina axis of Lagos Island.“The Special Adviser to the
Governor on Central Business Districts, Hon. Agboola Dabiri while inaugurating
the Committee in Alausa said the traffic menace has become a source of concern
for the government and therefore, it is being tackled head-on to find an
enduring solution to the perennial logjam.

“Speaking further, he informed the Committee
members that ‘Dabiri urged members of the Committee to ‘please find a lasting
situation that will reduce drastically the perennial traffic situation on the
Apongbon Marina axis, just as it was done in Oshodi.’“‘About 5000 vehicles come into
the Island daily and most of them come to do business in the Apongbon, Idumota
and Marina axis’ and asked them to proffer solutions on how well to manage the
high traffic experienced daily along the routes. “The Special Adviser disclosed that as part of
efforts at reducing the traffic situation in the area, a new park has been
approved in Ajegboro, Leventis on Lagos Island for use by commercial vehicles
to load and offload passengers instead of discharging passengers directly on
the road.
“The Committee is expected to submit its report within one week.”